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The Voice to Parliament
wayss robustly supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to the Australian Parliament.
wayss acknowledges our responsibility to truly hear and learn from indigenous Australians and to embrace their just and fair aspirations.
The Voice is a compelling opportunity for First Nations peoples to have a say in decisions that affect them, their children, families and their communities.
It is an unmissable opportunity on the road to reconciliation.
We see the Uluru Statement from the Heart as a beautiful expression of the collective voice of First Nations peoples, a human invitation for truth-telling, treaty-making and constitutional reform.
The gap between outcomes for indigenous Australians and the rest of the community across the entire range of measures is unacceptable in one of the world’s most prosperous nations.
We see the disadvantage, the discrimination, the lack of equality of opportunity.
The Voice is about equality of opportunity. It is a crucial part – but only a part – of the effort Australia needs to make if we are truly to meet our aspiration to be a land of fairness, a place where equality of opportunity is our preeminent ethic, our unwavering guide.
wayss supports the call to establish a voice to Parliament as a necessary step towards justice, reconciliation and healing.
Affordable housing reaches “crisis point“
Star News Berwick – 17.11.22
‘Crunch point’ for Casey as rental prices jump 7%
Star News Berwick – 5.10.22
Prisoner at home
Star News Dandenong – 4.10.22
Call for homeless help
Star News – 2.8.22
Make a difference today
Star News (Pakenham Gazette) – 28.7.22
White Ribbon awards announced
Mirage News – 21.6.22
Wayss says goodbye to Berwick office
Star News – 8.7.22
White Ribbon event 2022
Mirage News – 7.7.22
Fears on Scott Street
Dandenong Star Journal – 21.6.22
Why Viv’s Place was needed for Dandenong
Star News – 27.5.22
Door opens for victims
Gazette – 4.5.22
Families in hotel housing ‘crisis’
Star News
High tech abusers disrupted
Star News - 08.12.21
Wayss is there for FV support
Star News - 11.10.21
Our housing crisis
Star News - 05/08/21
Orange Door Opens in Dandenong
Mirage News - 03.03.21
Victorian Government puts $20 million towards 'new way' of reducing family violence during coronavirus crisis
ABC News - 19.08.20
Lisa says she suffered financially for years. Now she's teaching her kids to be money savvy
ABC News - 11.05.19
New chair to lead next Wayss phase
Pakenham Gazette - 14.12.20
Older Women, the Hidden Faces of Homelessness
Fusion Magazine, page 48 - March 2020.
Wayss answers housing crisis
Star Journal - 25.10.19
Unhappy Campers
Star Journal - 12.10.20
Dandenong Leader – February 11th 2020.
Elizabeth Thomas, chief executive of homelessness and crisis support group Wayss, said the organisation assisted more than 15,000 people in Melbourne’s south east in the past year.
“A significant number of those people came to our Dandenong office looking for affordable housing,” Ms Thomas said.
“Homelessness is no longer hidden – it is something that is front of mind for the community,” she said.
She said Greater Dandenong desperately needed a greater range of affordable housing and accommodation options.
“It’s about moving beyond rooming houses to permanent accommodation that helps people rebuild meaningful, sustainable lives,” she said.
